灵石
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Original Name:灵石Gender:NeutralScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:739Chapters:198
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Biodata

Feature Value
Name Spirit Stone
Original Name 灵石
Classification Cultivation resource and medium of exchange
First Appearance Chapter 1

Properties

  • Spirit stones contain spiritual energy that cultivators can absorb to support cultivation and breakthroughs. After their energy is exhausted, they become gray-white and ordinary. 6
  • Low-grade spirit stones emit a soft spiritual glow; mid-grade stones possess noticeably purer and denser spiritual energy. 5 180
  • High-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade spirit stones are all in circulation among cultivators. 308
  • Pills, talismans, artifacts, information, and passage arrangements are routinely priced in spirit stones, making them a core currency of the cultivation world. 2 57 173 275

Uses

Cultivation Resource

  • Cultivators may hold spirit stones while circulating their cultivation methods, drawing out and refining the contained spiritual energy. 6
  • Spirit stones are used for daily cultivation, replenishing mana, and supplying formations and artifacts. 308
  • Access to spirit veins—often controlled by sects and cultivation families—is necessary for major breakthroughs such as Nascent Soul formation; independent cultivators must pay heavily or seek dangerous alternatives. 465

Currency and Trade

  • Spirit stones purchase combat resources, including Dharma artifacts, talismans, storage bags, medicinal ingredients, and pills. 12 57 73
  • During unstable periods, market prices rise sharply: high-grade talismans at the Flowing Cloud Sect frontline cost 120–150 low-grade spirit stones each. 57
  • A standard Qi Condensation Pill sold for four low-grade spirit stones during the Qingshi Market crisis, while a superior pill sold for five. 13
  • A Foundation Establishment Pill reached 110,000 low-grade spirit stones at auction, illustrating the scarcity of breakthrough resources. 172

Replication System Conversion

Spirit stones can be consumed by Li Chengjie's system and converted into Replication Points. The applicable grade changes as his cultivation rises.

Cultivation stage / period Conversion rule Notes
Qi Refining 1 low-grade spirit stone = 1 Replication Point The original system rule. 1 6
Foundation Establishment 1 mid-grade spirit stone = 1 Replication Point The system’s stated rule after reaching Foundation Establishment. 145 174
Golden Core and later 1 high-grade spirit stone = 1 Replication Point Used when converting spoils from Golden Core cultivators and later resources. 308 317 355

Mining and Strategic Value

Spirit stone mines are valuable enough to motivate secret expeditions, family betrayals, forced labor, and sect-level military planning.

Documented Mines

Mine Location / Control Significance
Miniature Spirit Stone Mine A hidden valley roughly 100 li northeast of Qingshi Market; initially linked to the Liu Family, later seized by the Chen Family. 47 49 Hundreds of enslaved miners excavated the cavern under Chen Family overseers. Li Chengjie’s team ultimately obtained 60,000 spirit stones, divided according to contribution. 49 52
Black Prison Spirit Stone Mine Within Blood Fiend Cult territory. 272 A medium-sized mine directly controlled by the Blood Fiend Cult and considered a vital resource lifeline for eastern-region war expenses and disciple training. 272
Low-grade Spirit Stone Mine Connected to the Boundless Sea Li Family’s Black Mountain Branch through a 0.5% mining share. 266 The share was granted after the branch assisted a Blood Fiend Cult patrol envoy in eliminating a family that refused to submit. 266

Notable Accumulations

Event Amount Details
Li Chengjie’s first alchemy savings 26 low-grade spirit stones Saved over three months through apprentice wages and secretly retained Qi Condensation Pills. 5
Qingshi Market pill-refining venture 95 low-grade spirit stones Earned after refining and selling three batches of Qi Condensation Pills. 13
Miniature mine expedition 60,000 spirit stones Divided among four participants; Li Chengjie received 20,000. 52
Cloud Fiend Secret Realm spoils Nearly 400,000 spirit stones Li Chengjie converted 380,000 spirit stones into Replication Points. 109
Chen Family’s accumulated wealth Hundreds of thousands of low-grade stones, plus mid-grade stones Gathered through years of occupying the nearly depleted miniature mine. 180
Azure Wave Market reconstruction fund 5,000,000 spirit stones Raised through contributions from returning cultivators, merchants, and prospective shop renters. 445